Foursquare in Tok Alaska and Other Rural Towns

I’m really into using Foursquare, the location-based social network and iPhone application, in Tok, Alaska. What is Foursquare? Location-based social networks are social networks that use GPS features to locate you and that let you broadcast your location and other content from your mobile device. You usually check in when you arrive someplace to let your network contacts or the public at large know where you...

Scene from Eagle

On my way into Glenallen recently, I stopped off at Jeannie’s Java for a latte and breakfast burrito. Jeannie’s daughter and I began chatting and when she heard I was coming from Tok, she mentioned that a young man was trying to get to Tok to try to hitch a flight to Eagle. He was a photographer on assigment, and she asked if I’d speak with him. Sure, I said, and that’s how I met Ross...

Imagination Library coming to Tok & Tanacross

Here’s the program I mentioned recently in this blog. My company social media marketing company Conversify is making a cash donation to the project, and I’m enrolling my 2-year-old. This is reprinted with permission from Carrie Beeman and originally appeared in the latest Mukluk News. The Imagination Library is coming to Tok & Tanacross. With recent grants from the Rasmuson Foundation, The CIRI...

Big Scare in Little Tok

While the morning started off with the excitement of many new visitors to this blog, the mood quickly turned to fear as we were sitting down for breakfast and my husband was putting my daughter into her high chair. “Did you see her face?” he asked, startled. “No. What is it?” “She’s red. She’s red all over.” I turned to look and sure enough, she had large red patches...

Living in Tok Blog on Day To Day on NPR!

The interview I recorded yesterday was aired this morning on the wonderful news show Day To Day (a partnership between NPR and Slate.com). I spoke with Noah Adams. He asked me all sorts of things about the weather here in Tok. Yesterday, we were pushing -78 and today -70. You can listen to it later this afternoon at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99162528 For those of you checking Weather...

Driving Through Tok in the Minus 60s (or Colder)

Yesterday, I did a quick little video as I was driving to the Tok General Store. By the way, yesterday morning was minus 71 (at least), and we had 4 hours and 27 minutes of daylight. Don’t even want to do the math on how much dark we had. NOTE TO SELF: It will only get lighter and lighter each day. Lighter and lighter. Lighter and...

Tok Alaska on Facebook!

Gearing up to become the Social Media Capital of the World, Tok Alaska is now on Facebook. Become a...